Down In Mexico

The song was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and appears on the 1957 album, The Coasters. It reached No. 8 on the R&B chart in 1956.

This song is about a person, who goes down to Mexico, where he meets a boss, who wears a red bandanna, and plays the piano in a honky-tonk. Also, a dance erupts, where a Mexican girl dances wildly with the narrator of the song.

This song features castanets.

This song features a spoken recitation, in a Mexican accent, before the song's fade, by Carl Gardner.

The song appears in the film Death Proof, directed by Quentin Tarantino. The version used is a re-recording done in 1973. The song also appears in The Hangover Part III, directed by Todd Phillips.

• Mike Stoller, piano
• Gil Bernal, saxophone
• Barney Kessell, guitar
• probably Adolph Jacobs, guitar
• Ralph Hamilton, bass
• Jesse Sailes, drums
• Chico Guerrero, congas

• Bobby Short on his 1958 album, Speaking of Love
• Ella Mae Morse on her 1985 album, Sensational
• Deja Voodoo on their 1988 album, Too Cool to Live, Too Smart to Die
• Kaleidoscope on their 1991 album, Greetings from Kartoonistan...(We Ain't Dead Yet)
• Ronnie Dawson on his 1994 album, Monkey Beat!
• Manfred Mann on his 2004 album 2006